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Objective To evaluate curative effects of treatment with Cyclosporine and methotreate in RA patients. Methods 118 cases RA patients,randomly divide into 57 cases of MTX(control)group to adopt 15 mg.per week, for six months,and 61 cases of MTX+CsA group to adopt cotreatment with the MTX 15 mg.per week and CsA 3 mg (kg?d)to observe post-treatment of the clinical signs and index of chemical analysis.Results the results show that the clinical signs and index of chemical of two groups both obviously improvement(P
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Objective To investigate effect of Irbesartan on plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitrogen monoxide (NO) in elderly patients with moderate to severe essential hypertension.Methods Forty patients with essential hypertension who were ≥60 years of age and had been treated with two or more antihypertensive drugs but whose systolic pressure were ≥160 mmHg and or whose diastolic pressure were ≥100mmHg,entered into the present study. Irbesartan 150mg daily was added to their original treatment for 6 week. ET-1 and NO were measured before and 6 week after treatment.used forty-two healthy adults as controls. Results In the treatment group,ET-1 was significantly decreased and NO was significantly increased after 6 weeks,addition of Irbesartan.As compared with controls,ET-1 of treatment group was higher both before and after addition of Irbesartan ( P